Separable slide fastener



March 5, 1935. I. GREENBERG 1,993,297

SEPARABLE SLIDE FASTENER Filed May 24, 1933 mmvron fer/#0 fi/emvama BY 4 Patented Mar. 5, 1935 U ITED STATES PATENT o1=1=1c|z SEPARABLE SLIDE FASTENER Irving Greenberg, Union City, N. J.

Application May 24, 1933, Serial No. 672,591

4 Claims. (Cl. 2-128) This invention relates to slide fasteners of the 11, 12, secured in the opposing edge portions of separable type, particularly as used on reversia reversible garment 13, and designed to be interble garments or other reversible articles. locked and reversed by slider 14.

The terminal elements at the ends of these At the end of the fastener are the cooperating fasteners are usually of the pin and socket type, pin and socket terminals 15, 16, which must be 5 requiring that one be slipped over the other in a lifted, one out of the other, before the fastener certain definite direction, in separating and in can be separated and, conversely must be set one connecting the fastener. This means that when within the other, before the fastener can again the article is faced one way the pin element will be closed.

be at one side of the fastener seam and that When the garment is faced one way, the pin 10 when the article is reversed, this same pin elemember, for example, will be disposed at one ment will be at the opposite side of the fastener Side of the'fastener seam and, when the garment seam. Unless therefore, and which would be is reversed, this same element will be disposed quite unusual, the user remembers exactly on at the opposite side of the seam.

which side the pin element, for example, is 10- It is difficult to remember and, an annoyance l5 cated when the article is faced in opposite directo endeavor to recall at which side of the seam tions, he must ascertain, by experiment or close the one element will be when the garment is .faced inspection, on which side of the seam the pin in either one direction and, as these terminal element is located, before knowing which way members are usually'at the waist line, inaposition to shift the parts to effect the engagement or where they can not be quickly or easily inspected, 20 disengagement of the same. it has been frequently the custom simply to ex- The objects of the invention are to avoid the periment by trying to slide one member over the difliculties mentioned and to enable the quick and other, until the proper relation is found. instant engaging and disengaging of the fastener In the present invention, one or the other, or

parts without any need of studying or experiboth terminal members are identified and distin- 25 menting to find which way the members must be guished, so that the user is informed which is put together or taken apart. which and knows at once which way to slide the Other desirable objects and features of the inmembers together or to separate them. vention will appear as the specification proceeds. In the severalembodiments illustrated, the pin The drawing accompanying and forming part member is the one which is identified and distin- 30 of the specification illustrates the invention as guished. embodied in a number of different practical In the first form shown, Figs. 1 to 3, this disforms and it is to be understood that the actual tinguishment is effected by the provision of physical structure may be further modified, all specially shaped members or markers on the pin within the true intent and broad scope of the carrying member of the fastener, in this case, 35

invention. square shaped buttons 17, at both faces of this .3

Fig. l is a perspective view of a form of the inmember, adjacent the pin and in position to be vention as incorporated in a reversible jacket naturally engaged by the fingers grasping this construction, illustrating a method of utilizing member of the fastener for engaging or disen- 40 the invention in effecting the engagement or the gaging purposes. These buttons, in practice may 40 separation of the terminals of the slide fastening. be in the nature of specially-shaped rivet heads,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged broken detail, illustrating secured through the shank portion 18 of the pin the terminally identified parts shown in Fig. 1. element by tubular rivet studs 19. These unusu- Figs. 3 and 4 are broken end views of the parts ally shaped buttons or rivet heads are readily and 5 shown in Fig. 2, in the separated and connected immediately distinguishable from ordinary cirrelations, the latter view illustrating a modificacular rivet heads, such as indicated at 20, which tion in the form of the fastener member identimay be in use on the opposite side member of flcation. the fastener.

Figs. 5 and 6 are broken face views of another To make the distinction more prominent, the form of the invention in the two relatively remarkers 17 may be coned or pointed as indicated 50 versed relations. at 21, Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of a further modlflca- In Figs. 5 and 6, the distinguishing markers 17 tion of the invention. are shown as conspicuously colored at 22, which 1 The fastener shown comprises the cooperating special feature suffices when the marker is in sets of Iastenet elements 9, 10, on stringer tapes plain position to be seen.

In another form of the invention shown in Fig. 7, the marking is effected by location as well as by form of the marker. Thus in this view, the marker 17 is shown set back a further distance from the seam than the rivet fastenings 20, at the opposite side of the seam and it has a symbol such as a letter 23, sunk in the face of the same, providing a degree of roughness and a mark recognizable by the feel of the fingers.

The slide fastener illustrated is of the double locking reversible type covered in Patents 1,903,- 415 and 1,955,288, in which the pull member 24 is reversible over opposite sides of the slide to lock the slide at either side of the fastener, as, in the illustration, by a lug or prong 25, on the pull adapted to extend through openings 26, in the opposite sides of the slide into engagement with the fastener elements. When the fastener members are to be separated, this slide is brought down to the end of the fastener as in Fig. 2 and then when the lock is released, as shown, the pin member can be withdrawn up through the socket and the slide, or conversely can be inserted down through the slide and into the socket. In these movements of disconnecting and connecting the parts, it is convenient usually to hold one part and to lift up or push down the other part. Usually the socket side of the fastener will be held and the pin side of the fastener be lifted or lowered for disconnecting or connecting purposes. This is a reason for placing the distinguishing means or markers on the pin side of the fastener, for the user then knows that the side with the markers, irrespective which way the garment or article is faced, is the side which is ;to be pulled up for disconnecting or lowered for connecting.

The distinguishing or marking means, in cases where the final connecting elements of the fastener are more or less out of sight as by being obscured by the overhanging blouse portion of a garment as in Fig. 1, preferably will be quite distinctive and instantly recognizable by sense of touch. In such cases, pointed, roughened, sharp cornered or otherwise sharply defined markers may be used, which will be instantly recognizable even with gloved hands.

While the identifying markers have been illustrated as in each case as associated with the pin element, it will be clear that the same might be associated with the opposite or socket element of the fastener and in practically the same way, as this element also has a mounting tab portion 18 through which the marker buttons could be riveted or otherwise suitably fastened, The cooperating terminal parts of the fastener have been referred to as pin and socket elements, as a matter of convenience in description. Other terms have been similarly used in a descriptive rather than in a limiting sense, and are to be so understood, except possibly for limitations such as might be imposed by the prior state of the art. To make the markers stand out more prominently, the rivet heads or buttons 20, at the side of the seam opposite the markers may be omitted en tirely or be much smaller or otherwise made less prominent.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination, a reversible garment having parts separable to permit reversal of the garment, a reversible separable slide fastener for connecting said separable garment parts and including fastener members on opposite edge portions of the separable parts of said garment, said opposed fastener members terminating in companion pin and socket elements engageable and separable in the two relatively reversed positions of the garment and means associated with the fastener for distinguishing and identifying the separable edge portion carrying the, pin member from the other edge portion carrying the socket member of the fastener and thereby enabling the parts of the fastener to be engaged in either of the relatively reversed relations of the garment without searching to locate said pin and socket members.

2. In combination, a reversible garment having parts separable to permit reversal of the garment, a reversible separable slide fastener for connecting said separable garment parts and including fastener members on opposite edge portions of the separable parts of said garment, said opposed fastener members terminating in companionpin and socket elements engageable and separable in the two relatively reversed positions of the garment, means associated with the fastener for distinguishing and identifying the separable edge portion carrying the pin member from the other edge portion carrying the socket member of the fastener and thereby enabling the parts of the fastener to be engaged in either of the relatively reversed relations of the garment without searching to locate said pin and socket members, said distinguishing means including indicating markers on one of the separable members of the fastener and exposed at the opposite faces of the garment.

3. In combination, a blouse structure having a close fitting waist band and open at the front to enable complete reversal of the garment, cooperating fastener members on the separable front edges of the garment and including separable companion terminal pin and socket elements at the waist band ends of said cooperating fastener members, a slide for engaging and releasing said fastener members, a pull for shifting said slide in opposite directions and reversible for effecting actuation of the slide in either of the relatively reversed relations of the garment and means on said waist band at one side of said front opening for denoting which of the separable terminal elements is located at that side and thereby the movement necessary to effect the engagement with or separation of that element from the companion terminal element at the other side of the waist band opening.

4. In combination, a garment having separable portions, a slide fastener comprising companion separable fastener members on said separable portions of said garment and provided with cooperating pin and socket elements at the opposed ends of the same engageable and separable by relatively longitudinal movements of the ends of said separable portions of the garment and an identifying marker on one of said separable end portions of the garment for distinguishing the separable edge portion carrying the pin member from the other edge portion carrying the socket member of the fastener, said identifying marker being set back from the fastener member at the edge of that portion to definitely inform which edge portion is to be lifted or lowered with respect to the other edge portion for coupling or uncoupling the fastener and without interfering with the actual engagement or disengagement of said fastener members.

IRVING GREENBERG. 

